Boyfriend jumps suspected peeping Tom, who pulls and fires a gun

Portland police are asking residents of Northwest Portland if they've been victims of a peeping Tom, after an armed man was caught skulking outside a woman's home late Sunday night.

The woman and her boyfriend recognized the man as someone they believe they saw peeping into her windows in the 2600 block of Northwest Raleigh Street last month, said spokeswoman Officer Cathe Kent. The boyfriend, whom police aren't identifying, confronted the man. The man pulled out a gun, and the two began to wrestle on the sidewalk in front of the home. The gun fired two rounds, but no one was hit.

"Apparently he is screaming loudly, wildly," Kent said of the boyfriend.

A crowd of about a dozen people watched. Several people called 9-1-1 at 11:50 p.m., but no one stepped in to help, Kent said.

"It's a hard call to make," Kent said. "I mean there was a gun, but a guy is screaming for help and no one is coming to his aid."

The boyfriend eventually was able restrain the man. When police arrived, he was sitting on top of the man.

Police arrested Jeremy Peter Goulet, 30, under suspicion of attempted assault, unauthorized use of a firearm and unlawful possession of a firearm. Goulet was taken to OHSU Hospital for treatment to wounds he received during the struggle. Then he was lodged in jail.

Goulet lives about 200 yards from the woman's home. Police are trying to figure out if Goulet was the man the woman saw peering into her home last month, and if he has been watching others in the neighborhood. Kent said the woman and her boyfriend didn't call police to report the peeping Tom last month.

Anyone with information should call Detective Eric Kammerer at 503-823-0762.